Overcrowded: More Than 1 Person per Room by Neighborhood — New York City

Map and ranking of Overcrowded: More Than 1 Person per Room across New York City's 197 neighborhoods. Highest: Borough Park (30.3%). Lowest: Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill (1.6%). New York City avg: 9.2%. Data: 2020–2024.
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Overcrowded: More Than 1 Person per Room (% of occupied housing units) · all 197 New York City neighborhoods · 2020–24

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2020–2024 5-year ACS estimate.

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New York City citywide · Overcrowded: More Than 1 Person per Room (% of occupied housing units) 9.2%
Highest neighborhood Borough Park: 30.3%
Lowest neighborhood Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill: 1.6%

Note: Rooms are defined as living rooms, dining rooms, kitchens, bedrooms, finished recreation rooms, and enclosed porches. Bathrooms, closets, hallways, and unfinished spaces are not counted as rooms.

Universe: Occupied housing units · Geography: Census Block Group · Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-Year Estimates

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Min 2% 25th pct 5% Median 8% 75th pct 13% Max 30%

Neighborhood ranking: Overcrowded: More Than 1 Person per Room (% of occupied housing units) (2020–24)

#1 Borough Park 30.3%+21 pts
#2 North Corona 28%+18.7 pts
#3 Brighton Beach 27.6%+18.4 pts
#4 Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West) 26.5%+17.2 pts
#5 South Williamsburg 25.9%+16.6 pts
#6 Elmhurst 23.3%+14 pts
#7 Sunset Park (Central) 22%+12.7 pts
#8 Gravesend (East)-Homecrest 21%+11.8 pts
#9 East New York-City Line 20.7%+11.4 pts
#10 Jamaica 20.1%+10.9 pts
#11 Fordham Heights 20%+10.7 pts
#12 Corona 19.5%+10.3 pts
#13 Madison 19.2%+9.9 pts
#14 Mount Eden-Claremont (West) 18.6%+9.3 pts
#15 Parkchester 18.5%+9.2 pts
#16 Norwood 18%+8.8 pts
#17 Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach 18%+8.8 pts
#18 Bensonhurst 17.2%+8 pts
#19 Mount Hope 17.1%+7.9 pts
#20 Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville 16.9%+7.6 pts
#21 Jackson Heights 16.6%+7.4 pts
#22 Mapleton-Midwood (West) 16.3%+7 pts
#23 University Heights (South)-Morris Heights 16.1%+6.9 pts
#24 University Heights (North)-Fordham 16.1%+6.9 pts
#25 Highbridge 16%+6.8 pts
#26 Kingsbridge-Marble Hill 15.9%+6.6 pts
#27 Concourse-Concourse Village 15.8%+6.5 pts
#28 Flushing-Willets Point 15.5%+6.3 pts
#29 Bedford Park 15.4%+6.2 pts
#30 Gravesend (West) 15.4%+6.1 pts
#31 Cypress Hills 15%+5.8 pts
#32 Sunset Park (West) 14.7%+5.5 pts
#33 Gravesend (South) 14.5%+5.3 pts
#34 South Richmond Hill 14.4%+5.2 pts
#35 Melrose 14.4%+5.1 pts
#36 Hunts Point 14.3%+5 pts
#37 Midwood 14.1%+4.9 pts
#38 Claremont Village-Claremont (East) 13.8%+4.5 pts
#39 Mott Haven-Port Morris 13.7%+4.4 pts
#40 East New York (North) 13.5%+4.3 pts
#41 Kensington 13.5%+4.2 pts
#42 Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River 13.4%+4.2 pts
#43 East New York-New Lots 13.3%+4 pts
#44 Far Rockaway-Bayswater 13.3%+4 pts
#45 Westchester Square 12.9%+3.7 pts
#46 Bath Beach 12.9%+3.7 pts
#47 Dyker Heights 12.8%+3.6 pts
#48 East Flushing 12.7%+3.5 pts
#49 Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills 12.7%+3.4 pts
#50 Queensboro Hill 12.6%+3.4 pts
#51 West Farms 12.6%+3.4 pts
#52 Tremont 12.4%+3.2 pts
#53 Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing 12.2%+3 pts
#54 Ozone Park (North) 12.2%+3 pts
#55 Belmont 12.2%+3 pts
#56 Crown Heights (South) 12.2%+2.9 pts
#57 South Ozone Park 12.1%+2.8 pts
#58 Rego Park 12.1%+2.8 pts
#59 Coney Island-Sea Gate 12%+2.8 pts
#60 Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village 12%+2.7 pts
#61 Richmond Hill 11.7%+2.5 pts
#62 Longwood 11.7%+2.4 pts
#63 Sunnyside 11.5%+2.3 pts
#64 Inwood 11.5%+2.3 pts
#65 Kew Gardens Hills 11.3%+2 pts
#66 Woodside 11.3%+2 pts
#67 Castle Hill-Unionport 11%+1.8 pts
#68 Jamaica Estates-Holliswood 11%+1.8 pts
#69 Williamsbridge-Olinville 10.6%+1.3 pts
#70 Bedford-Stuyvesant (West) 10.5%+1.2 pts
#71 Jamaica Hills-Briarwood 10.5%+1.2 pts
#72 Bushwick (West) 10.4%+1.2 pts
#73 Woodhaven 10.4%+1.2 pts
#74 Chinatown-Two Bridges 10.1%+0.9 pts
#75 East Elmhurst 10%+0.8 pts
#76 Flatbush 9.9%+0.6 pts
#77 Hollis 9.9%+0.6 pts
#78 South Jamaica 9.7%+0.5 pts
#79 Crotona Park East 9.7%+0.4 pts
#80 St. George-New Brighton 9.6%+0.3 pts
#81 East Flatbush-Remsen Village 9.4%+0.2 pts
#82 Morrisania 9.4%+0.2 pts
#83 Baisley Park 9.4%+0.2 pts
#84 Washington Heights (South) 9.3%+0.1 pts
#85 Allerton 9.3%+0.1 pts
#86 Old Astoria-Hallets Point 9.3%+0 pts
#87 Long Island City-Hunters Point 9.1%-0.1 pts
#88 East Flatbush-Farragut 9.1%-0.2 pts
#89 Port Richmond 9%-0.3 pts
#90 Kew Gardens 8.9%-0.3 pts
#91 Bay Ridge 8.9%-0.4 pts
#92 Pelham Parkway-Van Nest 8.8%-0.4 pts
#93 Ridgewood 8.5%-0.7 pts
#94 College Point 8.5%-0.8 pts
#95 Morris Park 8.4%-0.9 pts
#96 Flatlands 8.3%-1 pts
#97 Soundview-Clason Point 8.2%-1 pts
#98 Ozone Park 8.1%-1.1 pts
#99 Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere 8.1%-1.2 pts
#100 Bushwick (East) 8.1%-1.2 pts
#101 East Harlem (North) 8.1%-1.2 pts
#102 Brownsville 8%-1.2 pts
#103 Washington Heights (North) 8%-1.3 pts
#104 Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills 7.9%-1.4 pts
#105 Wakefield-Woodlawn 7.8%-1.5 pts
#106 Harlem (North) 7.7%-1.5 pts
#107 East Flatbush-Erasmus 7.7%-1.6 pts
#108 East Harlem (South) 7.7%-1.6 pts
#109 Fort Greene 7.7%-1.6 pts
#110 Williamsburg 7.6%-1.6 pts
#111 Astoria (Central) 7.6%-1.7 pts
#112 East Williamsburg 7.5%-1.7 pts
#113 Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights 7.4%-1.8 pts
#114 St. Albans 7.3%-1.9 pts
#115 Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway 7.3%-2 pts
#116 Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville 7%-2.2 pts
#117 New Dorp-Midland Beach 7%-2.2 pts
#118 Ocean Hill 7%-2.2 pts
#119 Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester 7%-2.2 pts
#120 East Flatbush-Rugby 6.8%-2.4 pts
#121 Canarsie 6.8%-2.5 pts
#122 Queens Village 6.6%-2.7 pts
#123 Bellerose 6.5%-2.7 pts
#124 Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville 6.5%-2.7 pts
#125 Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills 6.4%-2.8 pts
#126 Forest Hills 6.3%-2.9 pts
#127 Pelham Gardens 6.3%-2.9 pts
#128 Financial District-Battery Park City 6.2%-3.1 pts
#129 Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill 6.2%-3.1 pts
#130 Middle Village 5.9%-3.3 pts
#131 Harlem (South) 5.9%-3.4 pts
#132 Glendale 5.9%-3.4 pts
#133 Oakwood-Richmondtown 5.9%-3.4 pts
#134 Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate 5.9%-3.4 pts
#135 Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village 5.8%-3.5 pts
#136 Spring Creek-Starrett City 5.7%-3.5 pts
#137 Astoria (East)-Woodside (North) 5.7%-3.5 pts
#138 Maspeth 5.6%-3.7 pts
#139 Bayside 5.5%-3.7 pts
#140 Crown Heights (North) 5.5%-3.8 pts
#141 Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island 5.4%-3.8 pts
#142 Manhattanville-West Harlem 5.4%-3.8 pts
#143 New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis 5.4%-3.9 pts
#144 Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley 5.3%-3.9 pts
#145 SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square 5.2%-4.1 pts
#146 Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) 5.1%-4.2 pts
#147 Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest 5%-4.2 pts
#148 Throgs Neck-Schuylerville 5%-4.3 pts
#149 Auburndale 5%-4.3 pts
#150 Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill 4.9%-4.3 pts
#151 Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village 4.9%-4.4 pts
#152 Laurelton 4.6%-4.6 pts
#153 West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill 4.6%-4.7 pts
#154 East Village 4.5%-4.7 pts
#155 Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach 4.5%-4.7 pts
#156 West Village 4.5%-4.7 pts
#157 Fresh Meadows-Utopia 4.4%-4.8 pts
#158 Rosedale 4.4%-4.9 pts
#159 Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook 4.3%-5 pts
#160 Upper East Side-Yorkville 4.2%-5.1 pts
#161 Clinton Hill 4%-5.3 pts
#162 Murray Hill-Kips Bay 4%-5.3 pts
#163 Great Kills-Eltingville 3.9%-5.3 pts
#164 Lower East Side 3.9%-5.4 pts
#165 Upper West Side-Lincoln Square 3.9%-5.4 pts
#166 Hell's Kitchen 3.9%-5.4 pts
#167 Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill 3.9%-5.4 pts
#168 Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island 3.9%-5.4 pts
#169 Greenwich Village 3.7%-5.5 pts
#170 Morningside Heights 3.7%-5.5 pts
#171 Co-op City 3.6%-5.6 pts
#172 Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil 3.6%-5.6 pts
#173 Howard Beach-Lindenwood 3.6%-5.6 pts
#174 Midtown-Times Square 3.6%-5.7 pts
#175 Upper West Side (Central) 3.6%-5.7 pts
#176 Westerleigh-Castleton Corners 3.4%-5.9 pts
#177 Greenpoint 3.4%-5.9 pts
#178 Windsor Terrace-South Slope 3.3%-5.9 pts
#179 Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel 3.2%-6.1 pts
#180 Chelsea-Hudson Yards 3.1%-6.1 pts
#181 East Midtown-Turtle Bay 3.1%-6.1 pts
#182 Whitestone-Beechhurst 3.1%-6.2 pts
#183 Prospect Heights 3%-6.2 pts
#184 Gramercy 3%-6.3 pts
#185 Cambria Heights 2.9%-6.4 pts
#186 Park Slope 2.8%-6.4 pts
#187 Tribeca-Civic Center 2.7%-6.5 pts
#188 Arden Heights-Rossville 2.6%-6.7 pts
#189 Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills 2.5%-6.8 pts
#190 Douglaston-Little Neck 2.4%-6.9 pts
#191 Tottenville-Charleston 2.3%-6.9 pts
#192 Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow 2%-7.2 pts
#193 Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square 2%-7.2 pts
#194 Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park 2%-7.2 pts
#195 Brooklyn Heights 1.8%-7.5 pts
#196 Bay Terrace-Clearview 1.6%-7.6 pts
#197 Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill 1.6%-7.6 pts
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